This is write up from my friend Tim that had the pleasure to train at MG. In January and February 2014 I spent a little under 4 weeks training at Marcelo Garcia Academy in New York City ( http://marcelogarciajj.com/mga/ ). I was heading to the USA for work and put some extra time aside to train at Marcelo Garcia Academy NYC. Marcelo is an absolute legend in the sport, a multiple time World and ADCC champion and a really cool guy. I had also been using mginaction.com as an extra training resource back here in NZ   and was looking forward to learning some of Marcelo ’ s game first hand.   My experience at the academy was phenomenal. It is a huge space, wall to wall with mats. In some of the busier classes (lunch time and 6pm) there were over 60 students in the class and there was still enough room for everyone to roll. Even the less popular classes (like the 7 am early morning class) tended to boast 25 – 30 students. The team that run the academy and the instructors a...